Hyphae lamp - Nervous system

Continuing to mimick natural processes and patterns, American design duo nervous system (Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg) have created a new series of algorithmically generated lighting designs: the 3D-printed hyphae lamp is individually grown through a method based on leaf vein formations.  


The lamps are grown using a custom design software that nervous system created in C++ using CGAL and cinder. Each one starts from a base volume and a set of root points; the structures emerging through an interactive process as the roots grow into an auxin filled environment. The system is optimized to produce designs for manufacturing by selective laser sintering. 


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